The last K-12 Online Learning Presentations at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association was one of my own:
Beyond Volunteerism and Good Will: Examining the Commitment of School-Based Teachers to Distance Education
Schedule Information:
Scheduled Time: Thu, Apr 16 - 12:25pm - 1:55pm Building/Room: San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina / Newport Beach
In Session: Distance Education in Rural ContextsAuthors:
Dennis M. Mulcahy (Memorial University - Newfoundland)
Michael Kristopher Barbour (Wayne State University)Abstract: Two decades ago Newfoundland and Labrador introduced distance education in the K-12 environment. The program focused upon providing advanced-level courses to rural school students, and worked largely due to the widely known, but rarely documented significant amounts of content-based assistance from school based personnel. In the past seven years the province has moved to a virtual school model of distance education and more rural schools find that they must rely upon this virtual school to offer academic-level courses to students with a wide range of abilities. This has created many new responsibilities for teachers that have also gone undocumented. This study will begin to document the duties and time required to provide support for this new models of distance education.
As I was the one delivering this, I don’t have notes to share. But you can access the PowerPoint slides of my presentation at:
http://www.michaelbarbour.com/research/pubs/aera-2009_m-teacher.pdf
